Time to Roll the Dice
November’s election has very high stakes: the nature and, indeed, the continued existence of the American republic, at least in the form that we’ve known it for the past century. Around the world, the United States under a second Trump presidency would cease to be seen as a leading democracy, or as a leader of anything at all. What kind of country elects a criminal and an insurrectionist as its president?
If he wins, Donald Trump has said that he wants , —and he could do that. He wants to turn the Department of Justice against his enemies, a demand that Liz Cheney face a military tribunal merely for opposing him. The Supreme Court has just , and of course that process could continue, especially if Trump is able to pick more justices. If you think the level of polarization and political chaos in the United States is bad now, wait and see what those changes will bring. And if you think none of this can happen in America, please read the history of or , stable democracies that were destroyed by extremist autocrats.
